Word Meaning 足がもつれる

あしがもつれる ashigamotsureru

足がもつれる is read as あしがもつれる (ashigamotsureru) and means to trip (over one's own feet).

Meaning

English

  1. to trip (over one's own feet)
  2. to stumble

Reading

Kana

あしがもつれる

Romaji

ashigamotsureru

Writing Variants

  • 足が縺れる あしがもつれる ashi ga motsureru

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 113432 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

足る

たる

to be sufficient

足りる

たりる

to be sufficient

足が出る

あしがでる

to have a secret revealed

足を引っ張る

あしをひっぱる

to hold back (someone) from achieving success

足を取られる

あしをとられる

to be too drunk to stand

足を向ける

あしをむける

to head towards

足して二で割る

たしてにでわる

to combine parts of two different things into a new thing

足に任せる

あしにまかせる

to go where one's feet take one

あし

bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji